Until recently San Diego native Derek Coleman was working as a machinist in a factory. Today he finds himself in a field trauma center outside the city of Mosul in Iraq, one of today’s most active war zones. Speaking about …

While medical assistants are an indispensable part of Western medicine, this appears to not be the case in China. China’s largest search engine, Baidu, announced in October 2016 that it had produced an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot. The company named its …

The Louisiana Workforce Commission in partnership with Ochsner Health Systems is offering a free medical assistant training program to the River Parishes. The new training program will give job seekers the opportunity to train for one of the many current …

Medical Assistant Recognition Week (MARWeek), which takes place each year in the third full week of October, was developed to honor the efforts of thousands of medical assistants across the United States. It is endorsed by the American Association of …

The Excel Awards were announced during the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) 60th Annual Conference which was held in Reston, Virginia this past September. The awards recognize recipients in the following categories: Excellence in Publishing, Excellence in Marketing, Promotion, …

The medical assistant field continues to grow at astronomical rates and the state of Michigan is doing its part to help meet the demand. The state offers medical assistant programs at several community and four-year universities. This past July Grand …

The medical assistant program at Iowa Lakes Community College in Spencer, Iowa has been granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). The Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB) in conjunction with CAAHEP’s Board …

Medical assistant students and professionals alike recognize the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) as a household name, as they should. The AAMA is easily the leading authority on education and certification for medical assistants in the country. So what …

After working as a Certified medical assistant for 40 years, Magda Brown continues her passionate work of educating people about the Holocaust. Recently, Brown spoke to the students of John F. Kennedy Middle School in Plainfield, Illinois about surviving the …

Esperanza College of Eastern University in North Philadelphia is located in the heart of the Latino community of Hunting Park. Since it’s opening in 2013 it has been dedicated to offering higher education to Latino’s and the local community. The …